It looks like the employment optimism that took over my hometown a few months ago has come crashing to the ground. It all sounded pretty fishy from the start — adding 1500 jobs to a town of 1300 people? — but I still hoped for the best.
Sadly, for the past few days I’ve been reading about the apparent collapse of the deal on (former elementary schoolmate and now reporter) Andrew Wagstaff’s blog, and now the story’s showing up on the CBC site as well. It’s too bad, but I can’t say I’m surprised; this guy Kerry Martens sounded like he had more style than substance. I’ve dealt with enough “visionary sales” guys to know that 90% of what they say is horse shit.
That town’s in such dire need of jobs…I think it was even crueler to dangle this in front of them and walk away than to never have mentioned it in the first place.
[tags]parrsboro, headz games, griddly headz, andrew wagstaff, kerry martens[/tags]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 
well i guess we were sort of set up for this one ay ,, there is word that kerry baby may have sold his shares to bragg , cause if the toy plant went ahead it would have taken all the other employees from around here and what are they going to do roll up the blueberry feilds and move somewhere else.. ? not likley and carey probably knew this from the get go,and afterall ,, this is my opinion ,, what a turd,,,
Hi Dan,
We’ve never met, but it seems we have Parrsboro in common. I did some palaeontology research at the museum in Parrsboro for the past several years, and have also been involved in helping the Parrsboro Band Association’s intention to renovate the band hall, to develop a culture and wellness centre.
I thought you might like to check out the Parrsboro hall website, which I have just converted to be run as a word press blog.
If you have any memories about the band, or the hall in general, it would be great if you could write a post (or two) about to help us spread the word.
PS. I lived in TO for 2 years,… working at the ROM. It was a terrific experience.
Tim
Tim,
Thanks for the comment. I’ve seen the thehall.ca, I visited shortly after its previous incarnation was launched. My mother, who still lives in the area, is listed in the membership section. My brothers and I all played in the PCB (though my own stint was much shorter) and I spent a lot of music classes over there, so I wish you best of luck in your efforts.